This manual describes new features, software problems, corrections, restrictions, and documentation changes that pertain to DECwindows Motif Version 1.2-5 for OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS VAX.
Revision/Update Information: This manual supersedes the DECwindows Motif Version 1.2-4 for OpenVMS Release Notes.
Operating System:
OpenVMS Alpha Version 6.2
VMS Version 5.5-2
Software Version:
DECwindows Motif Version 1.2-5 for OpenVMS Alpha
DECwindows Motif Version 1.2-5 for OpenVMS VAX
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The DECwindows Motif Version 1.2-5 for OpenVMS product incorporates the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Motif 1.0 Toolkit (OSF/Motif Release 1.2.5) and is based on Release 5 of the X Window System Intrinsics. As with DECwindows Motif Version 1.2 and Version 1.2-4 for OpenVMS, DECwindows Motif Version 1.2-5 for OpenVMS continues to provide run-time support for the XUI user interface and Toolkit. Application development is supported for the CDE Motif 1.0 Toolkit.
On Alpha systems, the New Desktop is derived from the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). The user interface that was provided in previous versions of DECwindows Motif is now referred to as the DECwindows desktop. The system manager can install either the New Desktop or the DECwindows desktop, or both. In addition, the user can select which desktop is started during the DECwindows startup procedure.
In this manual, DECwindows XUI (X User Interface) refers to the DECwindows product prior to DECwindows Motif Version 1.0.
These release notes describe new features, software problems, corrections, restrictions, and documentation changes that pertain specifically to DECwindows Motif Version 1.2-5 for OpenVMS software. They also describe software problems, corrections, restrictions, and documentation changes from previous DECwindows Motif releases that have not been updated in the existing documentation for those products. Margin notes indicate the first version of the DECwindows Motif product to which each release note applies.
This manual contains information for system managers, users and programmers who use the DECwindows Motif software.
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In this manual, every use of DECwindows and DECwindows Motif refers to DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS software.
The following conventions are also used in this manual:
| Ctrl/ x | A sequence such as Ctrl/ x indicates that you must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while you press another key or a pointing device button. |
| [Return] |
In examples, a key name enclosed in a box indicates that you press a
key on the keyboard. (In text, a key name is not enclosed in a box.)
In the HTML version of this document, this convention appears as brackets, rather than a box. |
| ... |
Horizontal ellipsis points in examples indicate one of the following
possibilities:
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. . |
Vertical ellipsis points indicate the omission of items from a code example or command format; the items are omitted because they are not important to the topic being discussed. |
| ( ) | In command format descriptions, parentheses indicate that you must enclose the choices in parentheses if you choose more than one. |
| [ ] | In command format descriptions, brackets indicate optional elements. You can choose one, none, or all of the options. (Brackets are not optional, however, in the syntax of a directory name in an OpenVMS file specification or in the syntax of a substring specification in an assignment statement.) |
| [|] | In command format descriptions, vertical bars separating items inside brackets indicate that you choose one, none, or more than one of the options. |
| { } | In command format descriptions, braces indicate required elements; you must choose one of the options listed. |
| text style |
This text style represents the introduction of a new term or the name
of an argument, an attribute, or a reason.
In the HTML version of this document, this convention appears as italic tex. |
| italic text | Italic text emphasizes important information and indicates complete titles of manuals and variables. Variables include information that varies in system messages (Internal error number), in command lines (/PRODUCER= name), and in command parameters in text (where dd represents the predefined code for the device type). |
| UPPERCASE TEXT | Uppercase text indicates a command, the name of a routine, the name of a file, or the abbreviation for a system privilege. |
Monospace type |
Monospace type indicates code examples and interactive screen displays.
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| - | A hyphen at the end of a command format description, command line, or code line indicates that the command or statement continues on the following line. |
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This chapter contains information about DECwindows Motif for general
users.
1.1 General User Release Notes Specific to the New Desktop (Alpha Only)
This section contains release notes for DECwindows Motif Version 1.2-5 for OpenVMS and the
New Desktop.
1.1.1 dximageview TIF Error Messages
V1.2--4
When using dximageview to view TIF formatted files from the CDE$SYSTEM_DEFAULTS:[APPCONFIG.HELP.C.GRAPHICS] directory, the following warning messages are displayed:
TIFFOpen: Warning, unknown field with tag 34209 (0x85a1) ignored. TIFFOpen: XResolution: Rational with zero denominator (num = 200). |
Note this error only occurs with the TIF files in
CDE$SYSTEM_DEFAULTS:[APPCONFIG.HELP.C.GRAPHICS]; it is only a warning.
The file is still displayed correctly by the image viewer.
1.1.2 Text Editor Supports Standalone Mode Only
V1.2--4
The reference page for Text Editor describes a client/server
implementation of the Text Editor. This release of the Text Editor
supports the -"standAlone" option only and is not built as a
client/server application.
1.1.3 Text Editor Does Not Support Spell Checking
V1.2--4
The Text Editor application, which is part of the New Desktop, is
described in Chapter 10 of the Common Desktop Environment: User's
Guide. The spell-checking function described in the section
"To Correct Misspelled Words" is not implemented in this
version of the Text Editor.
1.1.4 Tab Size Within the Text Editor Is Not 8 Characters Wide
V1.2--4
The Text Widget upon which the New Desktop Text Editor is based does
not set the size of a tab to exactly the width of 8 characters; it is
usually slightly larger. When displaying text with a combination of
spaces and tabs, text may not appear vertically aligned.
1.1.5 Some File Names Appear in UNIX Format
V1.2--4
In the Application Manager Find dialog box and in error messages
reported by the Help Viewer, file names are displayed in UNIX format
rather than in standard OpenVMS format. For example,
SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]LOGIN.COM appears as /sys$sysroot/sysmgr/login.com.
1.1.6 DECwindows Interface for the TPU Editor Does Not Save Itself
V1.2--4
Users will experience a 1-minute delay for each DECwindows Text Processing utility window displayed when exiting the session or when saving a home session.
The DECwindows interface for TPU (EVE editor) requires notification if
its state needs to be saved, but it does not respond to that
notification sent by Session Manager. The New Desktop Session Manager
waits 1 minute for a response before continuing, resulting in the delay.
1.1.7 Front Panel Clock
V1.2--4
The New Desktop Front Panel Clock is an animated icon that displays the
current system time using an analog display. The icon has no other
function and does not support single-click or double-click operations.
1.1.8 Using MB3 on Front Panel Icons
V1.2--4
The New Desktop Front Panel supports mouse button 3 (MB3) operations. When the cursor is placed over a Front Panel icon and you press MB3, a subpanel, or menu, appears. The menu items are as follows:
V1.2--5
A new feature allows you to graphically select the screen on which a new application is displayed when launched from either the Front Panel, the File Manager, or the Application Manager. By default, the new application appears on the current screen (that is, the screen containing the mouse pointer). The new feature allows you to drop an application icon from the File Manager or Application Manager onto one of the numbered screen controls of the Set Default Screen window. This starts the application on the selected screen without changing the current screen.
The Set Default Screen window is activated as before by selecting the
"Set Default Screen" application in the Application Manager's
Desktop Tools folder. You can start a separate instance of the Set
Default Screen window on each screen. The highlighting of the default
screen is synchronized across all instances of the Set Default Screen
window.
1.1.10 Detached Processes
V1.2--4
When you start an application (from the Front Panel or dtfile), a new detached process is created with a process name constructed from the user name, $CDE, and a three-digit numeric identifier.
For example, user SMITH starts an application whose process name is
SMITH$CDE001. The next assigned process name would be SMITH$CDE002,
unless SMITH$CDE001 has already terminated and is available for reuse.
1.1.11 ToolTalk Actions Not Supported
V1.2--4
Creation of ToolTalk Action definitions in the Action Definition files
(*.dt) as described in the Common Desktop Environment: Advanced
User's and System Administrator's Guide is not supported in this
release. Although some ToolTalk actions exist in the Action Definition
files installed with this product, modification of these actions is not
supported and could cause some New Desktop functions to fail.
1.1.12 Session Manager Save/Restore Limitations
V1.2--4
The Session Manager supplied with the New Desktop supports the WM_SAVE_YOURSELF protocol for the following DECwindows applications: Bookreader, DECterm, and Calendar. Applications that have been written to take advantage of this protocol can:
The New Desktop applications support save/restore, but many existing DECwindows Motif applications have not been modified to support the WM_SAVE_YOURSELF protocol.
The impact of this difference between existing and new applications can be seen during a logout/login sequence as follows:
An example of an existing DECwindows Motif application that supports
save/restore is DECwindows Mail.
1.1.13 Limitations of dtfile (New Desktop--Alpha Only)
V1.2--4
The dtfile application has the following limitations:
V1.2--4
The following sections provide information about the Login Screen and
Pause Screen text fields.
1.1.14.1 Control Characters Not Recognized When Entering Username
The New Desktop does not support entering control characters in the login Username text field. If entered, these characters are discarded. This differs from the DECwindows login Username text field which supports such key sequences as:
The New Desktop does support Ctrl/U, which when typed while entering a
password at login or when unpausing the screen, erases any characters
entered up to that point.
1.1.14.2 Return Key Used to Move Between Login Text Fields
V1.2--4
Because the Username text field and Password text field are different
dialog boxes in the New Desktop, press the Return key to move the
cursor from the Username text field to the Password text field. The Tab
key does not move the cursor to the next text field; rather, this
action highlights the OK button.
1.1.14.3 First Character Discarded When Entering Pause Screen Password
V1.2--4
If the workstation is paused and the Password dialog box is not displayed, the first character typed is ignored. This differs from the DECwindows pause screen, which always accepts any characters typed.
When using the New Desktop, use a nontyping key, such as Shift, or move
the mouse to redisplay the Pause dialog box before entering your
password. If you are unsure of what you have already typed, you can use
Ctrl/U to erase the Password text field.
1.1.14.4 Text On The Welcome Screen May Not Appear
V1.2--4
If the 100-dpi fonts are not included in the X server's font path, the
welcome text is not displayed on the blue welcome screen that appears
immediately after logging in. This may also occur if you are displaying
your session on a remote X server.
1.1.15 Use SET DISPLAY/CREATE Within DECterm Windows
V1.2--4
From a privileged account, if you use the SET DISPLAY command from within a DECterm window without the /CREATE qualifier, it changes the display used for any application created from that point forward. It also redefines the display on which the login box appears after logging out.
Always use the /CREATE qualifier when setting the display from a
DECterm if you have not set the display already.
1.1.16 Viewing Reference Pages
V1.2--4
This release of DECwindows contains a new collection of help files for the New Desktop called reference pages (also known as man pages). Reference pages are divided into sections and, on OpenVMS, the file extension indicates the section. Sections distributed with the release include the following:
| Section | Purpose | Extension |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Applications | filename.1 |
| 3 | Libraries/programming | filename.3 |
| 4 | Programming | filename.4 |
| 5 | Include file formats | filename.5 |
A version of dthelpview has been set up with the appropriate action definition for manpage viewing. The process logical MANPATH has been defined to point to the CDE$SYSTEM_DEFAULTS:[MAN] directory that contains all of the reference page files.
You can use either of the following methods to start dthelpview and display reference pages:
To start dthelpview from DECterm and view a reference page called dtaction.1:
$ dthelpview :== - _"$ sys$sysdevice:[sys0.syscommon.cde$defaults.system.bin]dthelpview.exe" |
$ dthelpview -"manPage" dtaction.1 |
To start dthelpview from Application Manager and view the reference page called dtaction.1:
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